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• PaulynHouse offers aid to the homeless and others

  THE NEW PaulynHouse got its first official action Friday.

• Pesky tree destroyer slowly moving south from Chicago

  For once it is nice to be behind the Chicago area in something.

• Taking sick days really isn't what it's cracked up to be

  Last week, I was in that awful situation where I had to use sick days because I actually was sick.

• What? Another city claims Uno as its own

  

  Since Belleville has claimed Uno, the famous Westminster Kennel Club Show winner, as our own, I was interested when someone gave me a clip from a magazine showing that the Austin (Texas) American-Statesman has done the same.

• Today's the day to thank your mom for all she did

  M is for the many things she gave me. O is for the other things she gave me.

• 'The little guy really is a star': Uno creates a stir at News-Democrat

  Some of you may be getting a little tired of Uno by now. I know I groaned when the Little Beagle That Could showed up on the front page of our newspaper -- again.

• Re-enactors adding magic to Lewis and Clark weekend

  Organizers are hoping magic will strike this weekend at the Sixth Annual Point of Departure celebration at the Lewis & Clark State Historic Site in Hartford.

• 'Our Space': Mascoutah library welcomes teens to a room of their own

  These days it's not unusual to see teenagers hanging out in the Mascoutah Public Library. Normally teens don't go to libraries unless they have to, but Mascoutah is offering them a big attraction - their own walled-off room.

• Belleville art gallery showcases experimental works

  IN A SMALL space just off the Belleville Public Square, B.J. Vogt is letting artists show off their work a month at a time.

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• St. Louis walkers notice Belleville has many attractions

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